Shares of Amazon rose more than 3% in intraday trading Thursday, the largest gain in the S&P 500 index, after the company announced that it saw a "record-breaking" holiday season.

The e-commerce company said that "billions of items were purchased" along with "tens of millions of Amazon devices" worldwide during the holiday season. As many as 5 million people signed up for a Prime membership, and independent third-party sellers also surpassed a billion items sold, the company said in a press release. Amazon didn't give further details about holiday sales.